WAP vs. WWW Traffic
lSome similarities:
uPeriodicity
XDaily patterns (and to some extent half-daily
patterns)
XWeekly patterns (and to some extent half-weekly
patterns)
XNot enough trace data to confirm/test for seasonal
patterns
uSelf-similarity (Hurst Parameter between 0.79 and
0.82)
lBut also some differences:
uSmaller packets (95% of all packets less than 220
bytes)
uShorter sessions
uTraffic more balanced (dowlink traffic “only” about 3
times as much data as uplink traffic)
uNo growth trend in data presented in paper, but
long-term growth trend clearly visible
since